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>>>>> "Lars" == Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

Lars> Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@iskon.hr> writes:

>> So what's supposed to happen here?  Why does Gnus use `-f' by default,
>> and why doesn't my sendmail like it?

Lars> Gnus uses -f for hysterical raisins -- some installations require it,
Lars> and almost none choke on it, although a bunch will throw warnings at
Lars> you.

I don't get it: -f means Gnus assumes the sendmail installation is
buggy.  However, in most setups (which use a mail domain different
from the local hostname), Gnus passes the *wrong* argument to sendmail
-f in absence of further configuration of `user-mail-address'.

-f should be off by default.

-- 
Cheers =8-} Mike
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